Bond Fires Communications Director Over Web Flap

Senator Bond has fired a top aide after it became public the aide ran a Web site named after the tail number of the plane that crashed three years ago killing Governor Carnahan, his son Randy and aide Chris Sifford. Senator Bond won’t comment. The Missourinet...

MU To Honor Late Governor Carnahan

Ceremonies at the University of Missouri-Columbia today will honor the memory of Governor Mel Carnahan. The south quadrangle, which is between the law school and the alumni center, will be named for him. Carnahan was a graduate of the University’s law school. He...

Appeals Court Okays Partial Birth Abortion Ban

The State Appeals Court in St. Louis says Missouri’s ban on partial birth abortions is absolute – that the procedure is not legal even to save the life or health of the mother. Planned Parenthood is challenging the law, calling it a back-door effort to ban...

Carnahan Bids Senate Colleagues Farewell

Senator Jean Carnahan has delivered her farewell address from the floor of the U.S. Senate, commenting on her two years on Capitol Hill and the circumstances under which she went to Washington. Carnahan was appointed to the Senate following the posthumous election win...

US Senate Race Highlights Missouri Election Day

Talk ends today and Missouri voters decide who will represent them in the US Senate. Both Democrat Jean Carnahan and Republican Jim Talent want to return to Washington. Carnahan wants to win her US Senate seat in her own right. She was appointed to the seat won...
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